A Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee has banned the Harry Potter series because a reverend at the school claims the books include both good and evil magic, as well as spells, which, if read by a human can conjure "evil spirits," the Tennessean reports. The publication obtained an email from...

The Nobel Prize-winning US author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Her family issued a statement through Knopf saying she died after a brief illness. "Toni Morrison passed away peacefully...

Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim has launched her book memoir titled A Toast To Life. The actress, who has been teasing the project to fans, launched the book on Sunday 4th August. "In my book which is a memoir titled 'A Toast to Life' @atoasttolifebook I deeply narrated my triumph over...

A Nigerian writer known as Chigozie Obioma has been longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize award. The Booker Prize award is one of the highest British awards for literature and Nigerian writer's second novel, An Orchestra of Minorities, was nominated on Wednesday. The writer definitely faces strong competition as there...

Google today Sunday, 21st July 2019, is celebrating with its Doodle, late Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta on what would have been her 75th birthday. Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate special holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures. Today our...

Nigerian-born Lesley Nneka Arimah is the winner of the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story titled, Skinned, award organiser announced on Monday, 8 July 2019. The Caine Prize is “awarded for a short story by an African writer published in English (indicative length 3,000 to 10,000...

American author Tayari Jones has won this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction with An American Marriage, the judges announced Wednesday 5th June. We’re absolutely delighted to announce that @Tayari Jones is the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction winner with An American Marriage. Find out more about this incredible book here:...

Harry Potter's world is expanding once again with news that JK Rowling is poised to release four new spin-off titles. The new eBooks are tied to the Pottermore site and will release on 27 June. The bite-size stories are set to revolve around the lessons taught at the iconic Hogwarts...

Two Nigerians have been shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing. They are Lesley Arimah for Skinned and Tochukwu Okafor for All Our Lives. The Caine Prize is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published...

Nigeria’s OluTimehin Adegbeye has emerged winner of the 2019 Gerald Kraak Prize. Adegbeye was awarded the prize for her submission, a nonfiction piece titled Mothers and Men. The announcement was made on Thursday, 23 May, at the Gerald Kraak Prize ceremony in Johannesburg. Asegbeye's submission was described by the judges...

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